Filled to the Measure with the Fullness of Christ!

Today I was reminded of one of my favorite Beth Moore stories.  The first time I heard it I remember my heart racing as I put myself into her shoes.  Could I follow through with what the Lord was asking of her?   Yet when she yielded HE TOOK OVER!  Listen and pray


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtk5WgzZcYA




Lord, we give You permission to propel us to do Your will, to be Your hands and feet.  We know that this is a BIG TASK Lord for we speak easy but move very hesitantly.  Help us Lord, Grace us Father.  Move in us and through us that the world may know......That You are God !


Blessings

A Thump in the Night

The other night I had guests at the Balm.  I went to put wood in the stove in the early hours before dawn.  As I silently went my way I lost my footing and fell down the staircase!  Ouch!   I QUICKLY inspected my bruises, realized nothing was broken, filled the stove, took Aleve and water and went back to bed.  In the morning I asked the ladies how they had slept and they responded "great, except did you hear that LOUD BANG in the middle of the night?"  
Boy did I!!!


The Scripture says that the Lord is going to come like a thief in the night, (1 Thess 5:2) when we least expect Him.  Will you be ready?  Are you watching like a "Watchman looks for the dawn" (Ps 130:6) Do you know the "signs of the times"?


Friend,  He's coming soon.  The signs are all around us.  We must not "play church" any longer, the world is in desperate need of a Savior!  Open your mouth and call out...."I've found Him!!  THE ONE WHO OFFERS  HOPE, Peace and Forgiveness!   
HE heals, provides and  is EVERYTHING I need!   Shout it from the rooftops and the marketplace.   He is the Cure to all that ails.  It is not a time for the mundane and methodical.  It is a time for harvest.  
"Bring them in from the fields of sin, bring the wandering ones to Jesus!"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKhrtuviWBY


Blessings!

He Hears You

Yesterday while shopping with my daughter, she was trying on clothes and I was in another part of the store.  I heard a very quiet "mum" come to my ear and my very first thought was " Funny how a mom knows the sound of her child ...it will make her stop and take notice.  I think I'll write a blog on that."   As I turned the corner there was my daughter, standing with a friend, waiting for me to come....she had called my name.


Our ability to hear may be limited.  We may not be able to be reached.  Our hands might be tied in a situation. 


NOT SO WITH OUR HEAVENLY FATHER!


He hears us when we cry.  He stands up and comes down. Psalm 18  He is ever attentive and never takes His eyes off of us!
Be assured friend that He knows RIGHT where you are and knows your need before you do.  
He hears you when you call and you are not alone!


Blessings!

You ARE Over It!

Years ago I  listened to a woman tell me her story and thru out the time she said  over and over " I will never get over it"   Well you know what?   If you have accepted Jesus as your Savior you ARE  over it!  You are seated with Him above the principalities and powers.  Ephesians 2:6


It is your choice.  
Choose.  
Get over or stay under.  
The enemy has many people trapped "under" certain circumstances that they have believed a lie about.   Study the Scripture and find out for yourself.  It is a finished work.  There is nothing that we can add to it.  It is done once and for all.


So friend, examine your "seating"   Where are  you?  Today believe what the Scriptures say and "Get over it"!


Blessings!

A Different Story

While sitting with a dear friend at the Bagel Shoppe today, she recited a cute poem:

To live above with those we love

Oh that will be glory.

To live below with those we know

Now that's a different story!

Are there truer words?  I don't think so!

Why is it that we have such a hard time getting along?

.......Probably pride.....

"Every problem in the world today is a problem of relationship ~  Someone thinking that they are or know better than the other."**

I dare you to look at the relationships that surround your life.  Really look at them....the ones that pose a problem will stand out boldly.

Take them to the Lord in prayer and see what He says and what He might have you do.

Remember the song;

"They will know that we are Christians by our love"

**Simply put by Dean Sherman in his "Relationship Series"

We Fall Down and Get Up

The difference between us and them?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saYYm1CkX3M

Dear friend,


How often do we look at someone and think for  a moment that their life is so much easier, better, richer and more exciting than ours.   
Please realize that there is a trap set in this  thought pattern.  
You do not need to live many years or talk to too many people before you realize that we are all the same ~ WE NEED A SAVIOR


There is only one person on this planet that you can have any authority over or bring any change to....
and this is YOU!

Father , today I come alone ...realizing it's between You and me.  Help me, please, to become who You have for me to be.  

Give me Strength Lord, Grace, Peace and Compassion 

for my fellow man.  

Make me worthy to carry Your name on my heart 

and 

Your Spirit within.   

Open my eyes that I might see all that You have for me 

within and without.

I'm Yours

Blessings!

"Pitiful vs. Powerful"

A quote I heard today from Joyce Meyers. 

 "You cannot be pitiful and powerful at the same time"   

This is a true statement. 
  
Because I have experienced it and because I now see that self pity can create a chasm in a life where days, reputation, children, work, friends  etc can be lost,  I have become very aware of the symptoms.   What can start as just a "vacation of the flesh" can soon become a hole in a life that allows the enemy access to "kill, steal and destroy".


Again  You cannot be pitiful and powerful at the same time.

So dear friend, I beg you, if this is a place that you visit often, come before the Father, ask for His forgiveness, and dedicate yourself in the purposes of God, determining to expose the enemy and his tactics.   Pray that the Power of the Holy Spirit will fill your life and that you will be back focused on the ONE who can turn your circumstances around, giving you a hope and a future.

He loves you so!

Blessings